Kabuki Party
Artist
Roger Shimomura
(American, born 1939)
Date1988
MediumColor screenprint
DimensionsImage: 12 x 24 inches (30.48 x 60.96 cm)
Sheet: 14 x 26 inches (35.56 x 66.04 cm)
Sheet: 14 x 26 inches (35.56 x 66.04 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Print Society
Object numberF88-13
Edition/State/Proof27/40
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Gallery LabelIn this print, Japanese American artist Roger Shimomura combines an image of a kabuki star with that of an American movie star, Marilyn Monroe. He borrowed the kabuki image from a popular Japanese ukiyo-e print, the image of Marilyn from a painting by Pop artist, Andy Warhol, and the stylized brushstroke from Pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein. Kabuki, a form of classical Japanese dance theater, was popular from 1603 to 1868 in the red-light district of the city we now know as Tokyo. Many consider kabuki the beginning of pop culture in Japan.
Copyright© Roger Shimomura
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